Multiple versions of Porteus
Posted: 25 Aug 2015, 02:24
Hello everyone,
I had installed Porteus 3.17 with KDE4 desktop as my first try with Porteus. I replaced KDE with XFCE in the same installation and everything seemed fine. Then I deleted the "changes" folder as a part of the cleanup process and since then I can't change the wallpaper. I remember being able to change the wallpaper when I had KDE4 and perhaps even after I changed to XFCE. But after deleting the changes folder and let the system start with a blank slate I lost the ability to change the wallpaper. What I am trying to say is - I feel there are differences in the way KDE4 and XFCE based installations store changes.
Later I installed another (older) version of Porteus with XFCE and loving it. Now I would like to keep them both. Both the versions of Porteus run from an ext4 partition of 2 GB. As of now I have the "changes" folder separate for both the installations.
I would like to know if it is possible to have a common "changes" folder for more than one Porteus installations (assuming the different installations may have different Kernel versions and different desktop managers)?
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
I had installed Porteus 3.17 with KDE4 desktop as my first try with Porteus. I replaced KDE with XFCE in the same installation and everything seemed fine. Then I deleted the "changes" folder as a part of the cleanup process and since then I can't change the wallpaper. I remember being able to change the wallpaper when I had KDE4 and perhaps even after I changed to XFCE. But after deleting the changes folder and let the system start with a blank slate I lost the ability to change the wallpaper. What I am trying to say is - I feel there are differences in the way KDE4 and XFCE based installations store changes.
Later I installed another (older) version of Porteus with XFCE and loving it. Now I would like to keep them both. Both the versions of Porteus run from an ext4 partition of 2 GB. As of now I have the "changes" folder separate for both the installations.
I would like to know if it is possible to have a common "changes" folder for more than one Porteus installations (assuming the different installations may have different Kernel versions and different desktop managers)?
Thanks in advance for any pointers.